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Was just checking Ebay to see what it would take to build a Mustang and found this beauty. As my little bro said, "That thing is better than (o) (o)s" and I have to agree.







If only I could sell a kidney, or child, or knew someone in the mob .. damn being broke.

FFFFFUUUU- i'd love a dirty daphne mustang. i'm forever haunted by the one that i let slip through my fingers a couple of years ago.





taught me not to dither around with stuff i want.

To me clean/fresh Daphne/Sonic Blue is just too pretty, but with some wear and yellowing they look great.

man thats hot. makes me wish id finished my mustang in daphne.

Beautiful!

But not nicer than (o) (o)s!

More rare though, that's for sure.

OP - have you a link to that auction?

Final edit:

Here's a combo - rare Antigua Mustang + (o)(o)'s:

http://espanol.video.yahoo.com/watch/5393076/14206642

Ok ok .. perhaps not better than (o) (o)s but, at least you can take the Mustang out of the case to play with it whenever you darnwellplease .

Here's the Ebay link - Original Auction - not affiliated in anyway other than lust, fyi. Waaaay outta my league on the price though, I'd build 2-3 complete Partcasters before I dropped that on a vintage piece.

Gorgeous guitar... hideous price.

Ankhanu wrote:Gorgeous guitar... hideous price.

+1

Shit, that's amazing! Bet it plays unbelievably well too.

tis' a thing of beauty

this looks like mine except in a far smexier color, but it has the weird metal tuners like the ones on my jagmaster. The neck is also dated earlier than mine but I have a lower serial# L plate than that one. Eh...

also wtf at the price

Beauty.

Stupid Noob Question - What's the deal with the black/no magnet hole pickups on Mustangs? Another case of Fender going cheap and lazy? I assume it's pretty much a standard Strat type pup underneath?

cheap and lazy? i think it was more of an aesthetic choice.

Depending on you philosophical slant it could be aesthetics - I do agree I like the look, just seems a bit rushed in a way. Also was curious if they were different internally.

surely if it was rushed they'd have just used strat covers, seeing as they had been making them in their thousands since 1954?

the difference is in the pole pieces, the strat ones were raised above the bobbin, whereas mustang/musicmaster/duo-sonic pickups had pole pieces flush with the top. strat pickups won't fit under solid covers.

well, they will fit; they just won't be all the way in the cover.

I think it may have been an attempt at up-marketing their other models as pro models. since the strat and later the jazzmaster had prominently displayed staggered pole pieces in comparison to the student models, the musicmaster and duo-sonic, they could tout this as an advantage for their 'pro-model' guitars.

and the tele has covered pole pieces as well. and the bridge pickup was intended to be covered by the big-ass ashtray cover.

Ankhanu wrote:Gorgeous guitar... hideous price.

Yeah, a bit on the expensive side, even considering it is apparently an all original '65. If it was in better cosmetic condition, I could see that kind of price, but not with that amount of wear and tear on it and the missing trem arm and bridge cover...

Still, a very cool looking guitar though. I doubt they'll get over $2K for it though.

Interesting point on the pole piece/pickup covers. I never really thought about it but probably something like...

"Leo tried to shave as much cost out of the Mustang/Duo-Sonic/MusicMaster. So he used less pole piece material and saved half a penny and didn't bother pressing out the pole piece holes on the pickup covers which saved 10 seconds of labor (at what, $1/hour wage back then? ) for a total of 1.003 cents per pickup, 2.006 cents per guitar, or I have no idea how many Mustangs were made but say 100,000 or $2,006! $2,006 in 1965 dollar is worth $13,884.41 in 2010."

Mr. Maxima

Yes, Leo was one tight SOB from what I understand...

BTW: NICE 'TANG!~